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24 Mar 2010, 5:36 am by Laura Appleman
As the New York Times details, the state's financial crisis has forced open early release for some prisoners for the first time in years: The California budget crisis has forced the state to address a problem that expert panels and judges have wrangled over for decades: how to reduce prison overcrowding. [read post]
10 Aug 2009, 7:23 am
That's the title of Solomon Moore's report in today's New York Times. [read post]
23 Oct 2011, 6:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The New York Times reported this week (Oct. 20) that:Thousands of ... inmates in the Texas prison system have been eating fewer meals since April after officials stopped serving lunch on the weekends in some prisons as a way to cut food-service costs. [read post]
28 Mar 2009, 8:42 am
With parallel discussions on prison and sentencing reform now occurring in Canada and the U.S., a great divide is emerging between the directions of policy-makers here and those south of the border.As we've previously noted, the New York Times reported on March 24, 2009 that several states, including Colorado, Michigan, Kansas and New Jersey, are closing prisons or adopting sentencing alternatives to reduce pressure on over-stretched… [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 2:13 pm
New York: New Press, 2016.Murphy, Jeffrie G. and Jean Hampton. [read post]
16 Mar 2013, 5:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Legislature’s tribute this week to exoneree Michael Morton, as well as lawmakers’ pledges to pursue more legal safeguards for the innocent, are the latest reminders that the state system is evolving.The fate of Texas prisoner Richard LaFuente, on the other hand, rests in a tougher arena – the federal system. [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 4:17 pm by Stephen Bilkis
It is well settled that offenses carrying a maximum statutory term of imprisonment of greater than six months are "serious" offenses for which the New York and United States Constitutions unquestionably afford defendants the right to a jury trial. [read post]
24 Jan 2016, 3:13 pm by Michael Lumer
By then he had spent 22 years in prison for crimes he had not committed.Newton sued New York City and various officials in the NYPD, claiming that the City’s evidence management system was so inadequate that it violated his rights to due process and access to the courts. [read post]
8 Nov 2016, 5:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" MORE: From the Austin Monitor.NYC authorizes online bail paymentsAs momentum grows to reform the money-bail system, New York City has implemented a change which would make the existing system function better: Allowing online bail payments by third parties. [read post]
18 Dec 2018, 7:06 pm by David Markus
  But the Senate -- on a bipartisan basis -- stepped in today (with a nudge from Trump) and passed what the New York Times is calling the most substantial changes in a generation to federal prison and sentencing laws. [read post]
5 Jan 2016, 12:22 pm by David Cosgrove
[i]According to prosecutors, Hurtado and fellow employees of New York broker-dealer Direct Access Partners LLC (DAP) channeled millions of dollars in bribe monies to senior officials at Banco de Desarrollo Economico y Social de Venezuela. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 3:35 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
Weeks of Cumberland County Superior Court drew national coverage, with the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times calling it a landmark ruling. [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 2:19 pm by Robin Frazer Clark
I read with interest the news today that Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the State of New York will no longer send 16 and 17 year olds to prison for criminal offenses. [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 2:19 pm by Robin Frazer Clark
I read with interest the news today that Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the State of New York will no longer send 16 and 17 year olds to prison for criminal offenses. [read post]
8 May 2007, 1:18 pm
  The [New York] Commission on Sentencing Reform, on the other hand, does not appear to have been developed with any particular system in mind. [read post]
20 Jun 2017, 2:11 am by Jeremy Saland
Crotty Saland PC is a New York criminal defense firm representing clients in CPL 160.59 matters throughout the entire state of New York. [read post]
20 Jun 2017, 2:11 am by Jeremy Saland
Crotty Saland PC is a New York criminal defense firm representing clients in CPL 160.59 matters throughout the entire state of New York. [read post]
3 Mar 2007, 8:00 pm
The New York Times reports on Colorado's plan to use prison inmates as farm laborers in place of immigrants. [read post]